Texas Republicans mandated that Democratic lawmakers not be allowed to leave the state house without a permission slip and a ...

GOP leadership required Democrats to consent to a police escort in order to leave the building. Collier chose to stay instead ...

Rep. Nicole Collier has been in the House for more than 10 hours Monday after she has refused to have a Texas state law ...

Texas House Democrats are 'ripping the slip' to show solidarity with state Rep. Nicole Collier ahead of Wednesday's vote on ...

SMU political science professor Matthew Wilson explains the rarely enforced rules being applied during this second special ...

A Fort Worth lawmaker’s sit-in on the Texas House floor picked up steam late Tuesday as fellow Democrats flocked to her side ...

Sam Parker wears an outfit from "The Handmaid's Tale" as she protests the confinement of Rep. Nicole Collier, D-Fort Worth, ...

A Democratic state lawmaker who fled Texas in protest of a GOP redistricting effort is asking a court to let her exit the Capitol, after she was told she needs a police escort to leave the building.

I’ve had enough, just like the American people have had enough of the Trump takeover.” Texas state Democratic Rep. Nicole ...

Activists protest the confinement of Rep. Nicole Collier (D-Fort Worth) outside the House Chamber at the Texas Capitol Austin ...

Republicans required their Democratic peers to have an escort to ensure they returned to the chamber on Wednesday following ...